USDOT/FMCSA Update December 1, 2010 Southern States Energy Board Joint Meeting of the Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee and the Transuranic Waste Transportation Working Group
Hazardous Materials Division Ongoing Activities: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits Hazardous Materials Special Permits Cargo Tank Facility Compliance Reviews Highway Routing of Hazardous Materials Cargo Tank Rollover Prevention
Hazardous Materials Safety Permits Status as of November 2010 Current Temporary HMSPs: 64 Current Permanent HMSPs: 1359 Applications Pending (Awaiting Requested Documentation): 158 Expired HMSPs: 17 Suspended HMSPs: 14 Revoked HMSPs: 1 Denied HMSPs:410 (Due to: V-OOS / D-OOS / HM-OOS / Financial Responsibility / No PHMSA Registration / Non-SAT Rating / Lack of Security Plan)
DOT Special Permits FMCSA Responsibilities (Reasons for Review): Rating of Unsatisfactory or Conditional If Out-of Service Rates or the Crash rate are at or below National Averages, FMCSA will conduct a Compliance Review. If Out-of-Service Rates or the Crash rate are above the National Averages, FMCSA will recommend denial without the conduct of a Compliance Review. Rating of Satisfactory over 10-years old If all other Safety Compliance information points to safe operations, no Compliance Review will be conducted (Roadside inspection data must include at least 4 CVSA Level I inspections in order to constitute a statistically valid number of inspections.) If insufficient data to validate the Satisfactory rating, and the Out-of-Service Rates and Crash Rate are at or below the National Averages, FMCSA will conduct a Compliance Review.
DOT Special Permits Reasons to Review (continued) One or More of fthe Driver, Vehicle or HazMat tout-of-service rates above the National Averages Regardless of Safety rating, FMCSA will recommend denial. Motor carriers must receive good inspections, or wait until OOS inspections drop off due to time, in order to lower their OOS rates Crash Rate above the National Average Regardless of Safety rating, FMCSA will recommend denial. Motor carriers must lower their crash rates through time and attrition. Other Safety Information Regardless of Safety rating, OOS rates or Crash rates, if the motor carrier s history indicates violations directly related to the Special Permit, FMCSA will recommend denial.
Cargo Tank Facility Reviews Types of Facilities Reviewed Manufacturers of new cargo tanks, including nurse tanks Fixed facility testers of cargo tanks Mobile testers Cargo tank repair facilities i Number of Facilities Inspected by Region (FY 2010) Eastern Service Center: 30 Southern Service Center: 45 Midwest Service Center: 44 Western Service Center: 28
Hazardous Materials Routing Boston routing preemption prompted review of the FMCSA HM Routing rules and Registry Latest registry is online and is the product of a 2007 study commissioned by FMCSA to update the guidance to states for designating routes to include security concerns. ce FMCSA is in the early stages of developing an online system for states to use in the designation of routes.
Cargo Tank Driver Rollover Prevention Rollovers accounted for: 42 to 45 percent of injuries from single vehicle large truck crashes between 2001 and 2005. 50 percent of truck occupant fatalities involve a rollover crash. 22 percent of what we would classify as a serious crash involving trucks transporting t hazardous a materials a included a rollover ove incident. 24 percent of all HM crashes and 75 percent of all HM spills. FMCSA s training DVD on CT Rollover Prevention is now available online at www.fmcsa.dot.gov.
2010 0 HM Enforcement e Cases Activity i Charged Settled Counts for HM Violations 1213 1014 Penalties for HM Violations $3,618,476 $2,732,316 316 Number of Cases 423 423
Rules and Notices Effective October 1, 2010 Safety and Security Plans (HM-232F) HRCQ/IAEA Category 1 and 2/NRC RAM-QC Emergency Response Information Requirements (HM-206F) Revised Packaging Requirements (HM-231) Marking Requirements for Ethanol Blends (HM-218D) Incorporation of various Special Permits (HM-233A) Effective October 27, 2010 No Texting Rule (FMCSA-2009-0370) 0370)
Contact Information David W. Ford HM Program Manager Southern Service Center U. S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 404-327-7374 7374 david.ford@dot.gov